Toilet hopper



Apr. 1o, 1923.

W. G. MUNKEL TO ILET HOPPER A To allwhommail/confiera". i v

Be lit known that I, .VVAL'TER yGa.'vl/l-UNKEL,j

Patented Apr. 10, 19.23.

UNITED STA-,ras

VWALTERG. MUNKEn'or'nnaMosn, Iowa;

e Tornar Horrnaff rApplication filed October `11,'1919.':Seria1 No.329,981. 'i

ay Acitizen of the yUnited States, residing at Anamosa, in the countyofJones and State; of Iowa, have-invented certain new andusefulImprovements inToilety Hoppers, ,of which y`the .followingris aspecilication, refs` erence being had .toV the accompanying draw ings. iy c v.This invention relates to an` improved toilet hopper, andan objectof the invention is tov providea very simple, yeilicient and pracf ticalhopper, which 4when; manufactured,

may kbe produced lfor arelatively. lowcost offthehopper, and by means ofthiswall ay water 'storage space- 10 L.is formed.. 4,The

andsold1 at areasonable profit.

Anoth r object of the invention is theprovision cfa hopper especiallydesigned to use in, connection with combination. flush tank and valve,whichV is set forth, illus-` pat.

trated and claimed in the United States ent hereinafter mentioned.v

` A further object of the invention is topro-k vide a hopper including awater, storagecompartment, wherebyv the 4bowl ofthe -hop-r` permay berefilled. f A still further object of the invention is the pro-vision'of ai space communicatively connected with the water storage space anddisposed under thebowl of the hopper, to

receive water, so that the water therein may v pass through the openingsin the bottom portion of the bowl of the hopper, so that the bottom ofthe bowl may be cleaned, when the hopper is flushed. i l

`While the design and construction at prese ent illustrated and setforth is deemed preferable, itis obvious that as a result of a relduction of the invention tol amore practical form forcommercialpurposes, the invention may be susceptible to changes, and the right tothese changes is claimed, provided they are comprehended within thescope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises furthervfeatures and combination of parts,v,aswill be herein 4 after set forth, claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through the hopper,'showing thesame constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view on line 2-2'of Figure 1.; v,

Referring more especially to the draw`- ings, 1 designates a hopper,which may be any suitableshape or configuration, prefershown inthedrawings and ginal portion of the hopper a ,water channel orfspace 2k,is-formed, there being aplurality entergtheospace 2 through thepassages,

Vwill iow into, the,=interior 5 ofthenbowlofY thelhopper. Thisbo-.Wl-,is formed-.downwardly into the hopper and communicativelyconnectsfwith the'trap k7.. Theftrap 7l teri. ti-heupperfinar,-

minatesinanoutletS, to vwhich any suitabley form:orfronstruction ofzsoil pipel (not shown) may be connected Thehopper is providedwithpartitiony wall 9,*atythe rear lower. parto-fthe .wall L9 is providedwith an aperturelfor' opening 11, ,to permit the water to vriseupwardlyintothe'; `spacey 10a (which connects the-.storage space 10 vandthe Lbowl ofthe hopp-er),particularly when sol rior of the bowl 'andr`the waterstorage space i is under suliicient pressure, it being suppliedfrom `a flush tank similar to that disclosed in the United States patentto Walter Gr. Munkel, issued May 31, 1921, Patent No. 1,379,712. Thespace 111 in thelower part of the hopper is designed to be relativelysmall, in fact constructed as a water passage. It is to be borne inmindvthaty the space 14 is Y designed to be relatively small, in factsmaller than the space 10y and when the tank is flushed it carries asupply of water of suflficientfpressure and weight from the ush tankshown in the aforesaid patent, through the Vpassage 13, the space 10,through the communicating spaces or passages 14a, and then through ythepassage or space 14 and thereby causing jets of water to pass through'10.. A ywater receivingspace 1st' (which con- .p y

. the openings- Thetspaoesor passages 14a s are designedr toberelatively large; in fact 13 is designed to be larger than the opening.

*l ll. The water from the Hush tank disclosed e causing the first supplyofwater to accumu-U latein. the-'space 10a lhen the space l() is' Vsupplying water, the surplus waterpasses 15 over thewvall '9 into thespace 2 andy flows'i through theopenings: l2 Iand 3.-

"is^--claimed asnew andiuseul is: l." lbhoppe'r, comprising a bodyrhaving av K boWlterminating in. an outlet trap, said-' ingunde'rzthe:bowl fandaround -th'e rear olf- "5 the trap',` said hopper body having`supply f water inlets atthe upper rea-r portion ot't'he hopper fordirect-ing a supplyvof water-intoA theispacef and into thebo-wl', :therear portion?` in..=th'e aforesaid patent first passesthrough the: inletv13 :when the tankv isfflushed, thus Theinvention having been set bodyhaving a water receiving space extend-v ofthe vspace having a passageextending upyfwardly :atv-the rear ofthe trapl and communi Cativelyconnecting withv the bowl,` whereby,

as'a supply of -waterenters the space at the `upperrear portionthereof,'the water at :the

bottom` of the space is forced: upwardly ""through the passage and intothe bowl and' forth. what through"which-vwaterfmay4 pass and be d1-rected''towardy andI through thel trap to assist in carrying off thewater and the refuse. 2. As an arti-cle of manufacture, a hoppervcomprising a body having a bowl terminatbottom ofthefbowl, whereby thebottomcot thebowl maybe cleansed, and jets ot waterl directed `towardand through the trap.

3. Aslan articileot` inanufactureg a hopper- Comprising-a body having abowl provided withlanvoutlet' trap including an outlet# pas sageextending from the trap, a water Storage` space below thelvbottom-oi thebowl7 the botto-m of the Vbowl having` apertures connecting thetrapyandthev water storage yspace-'to-permit wateruuder pressure to passYthrough th'ebottoin tow-ard fand through the trap for cleansingvthesame,lsaid wate-rstorage-spaceextending around fthe sides of Ithewalls ot' said outlet passageto the rearfoic therbody ot'fth'e hopperand terminating inA a passage extending verticallyand oonnecting 'withthe bowl andv` the trap. and -an linlet passage at the rearl ot thebody' oiilthe hopper-and extending dowl'iwardly and connecting` withthevertical l'nassage.

Intestimony whereof I'hereunto'amx my signature.

TALTER G. MUNKEL.

